With a $20 million gift from Charles Schwab, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have launched a two-campus multidisciplinary clinical and research alliance to deepen the understanding of dyslexia and other specific neurodevelopmental differences that impact learning.
UCSF Psychiatry News
Bush, Thoemmes to receive Chancellor Awards for Diversity
September 03, 2019
The UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach has announced that two Department of Psychiatry members will be among the dozen employees honored by the university with 2019 Chancellor Awards for Diversity.
Mood of children during earliest stages of life linked to maternal mental health
August 30, 2019
While numerous studies have explored the intergenerational transmission of mood disorders from parent to child, little research has been done on whether this connection extends in both directions. Can negative mood symptoms in children lead to a higher risk of mental health concerns for their parents?
Yaffe appointed to Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Preparedness and Prevention
August 28, 2019
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that Kristine Yaffe, MD, has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Governor’s Alzheimer’s Prevention and Preparedness Task Force.
In Memoriam: Maura McLane, MS, MFT
August 19, 2019
Longtime Bay Area psychotherapist Maura McLane, MS, MFT, passed away on July 15, 2019, following a brief illness.
UCSF ranked among top 10 in the nation for adult psychiatric care
July 30, 2019
The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and UCSF Medical Center have once again been ranked among the nation's top centers for adult psychiatry in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals survey.
UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program once again named among best in U.S. by physicians
July 23, 2019
The UCSF Department of Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) is among the top psychiatry residency programs in the nation, according to new data released by physician social networking site Doximity.
$25M gift from Susan and Bill Oberndorf supports psychiatry, translational research
July 11, 2019
The Susan and Bill Oberndorf Foundation has made a new commitment of $25 million to UCSF Psychiatry in hopes of advancing translational research.
Kheirbek named a 2019 Pew Biomedical Scholar
June 14, 2019
Department of Psychiatry researcher and assistant professor Mazen A. Kheirbek, PhD, is one of two UCSF scientists who have been named 2019 Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences.
Bartley, Pennington named 2019 Watson Faculty Scholars
June 06, 2019
Christopher Bartley, MD, PhD, and David L. Pennington, PhD have been named as 2019 John A. Watson Faculty Scholars and recipients of the UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Diversity Funds Award
